Phylum Mollusca Linnaeus, 1758 - molluscs
Subphylum Conchifera Gegenbauer, 1878
Class Gastropoda Cuvier, 1795 - snails and slugs
Subclass Orthogastropoda Ponder & Lindberg, 1995
Superorder Caenogastropoda Cox, 1960
Order Sorbeoconcha Ponder & Lindberg, 1997
Suborder Hypsogastropoda Ponder & Lindberg, 1997
Infraorder Neogastropoda Wenz, 1938
Superfamily Muricoidea Rafinesque, 1815
Family Buccinidae Rafinesque, 1815 - whelks
Subfamily Pisaniinae Gray, 1857